With the tests in this âHow To Test the Starterâ article you'll be able to either say with absolute certainty it is a BAD starter motor or completely eliminate it as the cause of the DOES NOT CRANK Condition.These are the testing steps: 1  Test the battery first. 2  This is a simple multimeter test.3  Test that the starter motor is receiving 12 Volts on its Battery Circuit. 4  Test that the starter motor is receiving the Start signal from the ignition switch. 5  Voltage Drop Test the starter battery and ground Circuits. Or you turn the key to crank the engine and the engine turns over very but very slowly and then stops. 2  The battery is good. 3  You know that because: 4  You bought a new one thinking that was the solution to the problem. 5  or got someone to help you jump-start the vehicle to no avail.
Sep 1, 2009, 7:05 PM. One of your old hard drives could last another 10 years or it could die tomorrow. One measure of hard drive reliability is mean time before failure (mtbf). Unfortunately, that is based on some sort of statistical calculations (that I have no freakin' clue about ).
The accumulation you see there is at least two years worth. And because of the complex shape of the drives, performing proper maintenance is not easy. In order to understand how to maintain a stern drive with a minimum of trouble, you need to know something about the origin of the problems with which they are plagued.